2018–19 West Bromwich Albion F.C. season

The 2018–19 season is West Bromwich Albion's first season in the Championship since 2009–10 and their 141st year in existence. In this season the club participated in the Championship, FA Cup and League Cup. On 18 May 2018, caretaker manager and former player Darren Moore was given the permanent job, after earning 11 points from 6 games in the previous season.^[2] He was sacked on 9 March 2019, despite the club sitting fourth in the table, a series of poor results forced the board to make the decision and the club 'will always hold Darren in such high regard'.^[3] First team coach James Shan took over as caretaker manager, who has been working for the club academy from under-7s age group all the way to under-23s.

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

2018–19 season
Owner	Lai Guochuan
Head Coach	Darren Moore (until 9 March)[1] James Shan (caretaker, from 9 March)
Stadium	The Hawthorns
Championship	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round replay
EFL Cup	Third round
Play-offs	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Dwight Gayle (23 goals) All: Dwight Gayle (24 goals)
Highest home attendance	League/All: 26,548 v. Sheffield Wednesday (29 December 2018)
Lowest home attendance	League: 20,282 v. Swansea City (13 March 2019) All: 8,645 v. Brighton & Hove Albion (6 February 2019, FA Cup R4 replay)
Average home league attendance	24,148
Biggest win	7–1 v. Queens Park Rangers (18 August 2018)
Biggest defeat	0–4 v. Leeds United (1 March 2019)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

They lost to local rivals Aston Villa on penalties in the play-offs semi-final on 14 May, failing to make an immediate return to the Premier League.^[4]

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019, with competitive matches played between August and May.

Background

Albion unveiled new kits for the season, manufactured by Puma. The home kit featured the team's traditional navy blue and white vertical striped shirts, white shorts and white socks. The wide vertical stripes on the jersey and italic WBA lettering on the socks were designed as a tribute to the club's "iconic" kit of the late 1970s.^[5][6] Two change kits were produced, which the club intended to be worn "as much as possible in equal measure" throughout the season.^[7] One of the change kits featured yellow and green stripes, while an alternative change kit had a black and cyan design.^[8] The goalkeeper kit was black with grey trim at home and purple for away matches.^[9] Ideal Boilers were the club's main shirt sponsor, in the first year of a two-year deal;^[10] this led to the introduction of a new mascot, a combi boiler character nicknamed "Boiler Man" by fans, though "Baggie Bird" remained Albion's main mascot.^[11] 10Bet provided secondary shirt sponsorship worth £1 million.^[10]

Graeme Jones left his position with the Belgium national team to join Albion as assistant head coach.^[12]

Immediately prior to the start of the season, most bookmakers listed Albion as second favourites (behind Stoke City) to win promotion, quoting odds of promotion between 2/1 and 10/3.^[13] Odds of the club being relegated were between 22/1 and 40/1.^[14][15]

First team

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position (s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Sam Johnstone		GK	(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 32)	Manchester United
13	Boaz Myhill		GK	(1982-11-09) 9 November 1982 (age 42)	Free agent
23	Jonathan Bond		GK	(1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 (age 32)	Reading
Defenders
3	Kieran Gibbs		LB	(1989-09-26) 26 September 1989 (age 35)	Arsenal
5	Kyle Bartley		CB	(1991-05-22) 22 May 1991 (age 34)	Swansea City
12	Tyrone Mears		RB	(1983-02-18) 18 February 1983 (age 42)	Free agent
14	Conor Townsend		LB	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993 (age 32)	Scunthorpe United
24	Tosin Adarabioyo		RB/CB	(1997-09-24) 24 September 1997 (age 27)	Manchester City (on loan)
25	Craig Dawson		RB/CB	(1990-05-06) 6 May 1990 (age 35)	Rochdale
26	Ahmed Hegazi		CB	(1991-01-25) 25 January 1991 (age 34)	Al Ahly
68	Mason Holgate		RB/CB	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)	Everton (on loan)
Midfielders
6	Stefan Johansen		CM	(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 34)	Fulham (on loan)
7	James Morrison		AM	(1986-05-25) 25 May 1986 (age 39)	Middlesbrough
8	Jake Livermore		CM	(1989-11-14) 14 November 1989 (age 35)	Hull City
10	Matt Phillips		RM	(1991-03-13) 13 March 1991 (age 34)	Queens Park Rangers
11	Chris Brunt (captain)		CM	(1984-12-14) 14 December 1984 (age 40)	Sheffield Wednesday
15	Jefferson Montero		LW	(1989-09-01) 1 September 1989 (age 35)	Swansea (on loan)
17	Oliver Burke		RM	(1997-04-07) 7 April 1997 (age 28)	RB Leipzig
18	Gareth Barry		CM	(1981-02-23) 23 February 1981 (age 44)	Everton
20	Jonathan Leko		RM	(1999-04-24) 24 April 1999 (age 26)	Academy
22	Wes Hoolahan		AM	(1982-05-20) 20 May 1982 (age 43)	Free agent
28	Sam Field		CM	(1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 (age 27)	Academy
34	Rekeem Harper		CM	(2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 25)	Academy
70	Jacob Murphy		RW	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 30)	Newcastle United (on loan)
Forwards
4	Hal Robson-Kanu		ST	(1989-05-21) 21 May 1989 (age 36)	Free agent
16	Dwight Gayle		ST	(1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 35)	Newcastle United (on loan)
19	Jay Rodriguez		ST	(1989-07-29) 29 July 1989 (age 36)	Southampton
21	Kyle Edwards		ST	(1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 27)	Academy

Competitions

Pre-season

Albion faced Barnet, Swindon Town, Aberdeen, Barnsley and Coventry City in pre-season friendly matches.^[16]

Barnet v West Bromwich Albion

7 July 2018 (2018-07-07) Friendly	Barnet	0–3	West Bromwich Albion	Canons Park
12:30 BST		Report	Edwards 67' Robson-Kanu 75' (pen.), 78'	Stadium: The Hive Stadium

Swindon Town v West Bromwich Albion

14 July 2018 (2018-07-14) Friendly	Swindon Town	1–3	West Bromwich Albion	Swindon
15:00 BST	Elijah Adebayo 44'	Report	Rodriguez 30' Edwards 69' Jameson 82'	Stadium: County Ground

Aberdeen v West Bromwich Albion

20 July 2018 (2018-07-20) Friendly	Aberdeen	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Aberdeen, Scotland
19:30 BST	Cosgrove 37'	Report	Livermore 41'	Stadium: Pittodrie

Barnsley v West Bromwich Albion

24 July 2018 (2018-07-24) Friendly	Barnsley	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	Barnsley
19:30 BST	Isgrove 6' Moore 11'	Report	Robson-Kanu 44' Morrison 46' Cavaré 51' (o.g.)	Stadium: Oakwell

West Bromwich Albion v Coventry City

28 July 2018 (2018-07-28) Regis Shield	West Bromwich Albion	5–2	Coventry City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Barnes 6' Barnes 8' Robson-Kanu 31', 40' Livermore 51'	Report	Allassani 44' Thompson 78'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 7,590
Note: Playing for the inaugural Regis Shield

Championship

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Championship

West Bromwich Albion will compete in the 2018–19 EFL Championship, the third season of English football's second division under the EFL Championship name. It was Albion's first season back in the Championship following the club's relegation from the Premier League in 2017–18, their 39th season in the second tier of English football and their 120th season of league football in all.^[17] West Brom's provisional fixture list was announced on 21 June 2018,^[18][19] but a number of matches were subsequently rescheduled for live broadcast on Sky Sports. The away matches at Middlesbrough, Birmingham City, Ipswich Town and Sheffield United, as well as the home match against Aston Villa, were moved from a Saturday afternoon to the preceding Friday night. The home games versus Leeds United and Brentford were also moved from Saturday afternoon, the former to a Saturday early evening kickoff and the latter to Monday night. The away games at Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday and the home match against Derby County were televised by Sky Sports on their originally scheduled dates, with the Derby game changed to an 8pm kickoff.^[20] In addition, all midweek games were made available live via the red button.^[21]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norwich City (C, P)	46	27	13	6	93	57	+36	94	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Sheffield United (P)	46	26	11	9	78	41	+37	89
3	Leeds United	46	25	8	13	73	50	+23	83	Qualification for Championship play-offs[a]
4	West Bromwich Albion	46	23	11	12	87	62	+25	80
5	Aston Villa (O, P)	46	20	16	10	82	61	+21	76
6	Derby County	46	20	14	12	69	54	+15	74
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	13	13	49	41	+8	73

Source: Sky Sports Archived 25 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results^[22]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	23	11	12	87	62	+25	80	12	7	4	53	31	+22	11	4	8	34	31	+3

Last updated: 5 May 2019.
Source: BBC

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	D	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	W	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	D	W	L
Position	22	17	8	3	7	8	5	3	3	1	4	2	3	4	5	7	5	2	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2019. Source: 11v11 for league tables and fixtures
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

West Bromwich Albion v Bolton Wanderers

4 August 2018 (2018-08-04) 1	West Bromwich Albion	1–2	Bolton Wanderers	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Barnes 45+1'	Report	Magennis 18' Wildschut 89'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,901 (2,519 away) Referee: Geoff Eltringham

Nottingham Forest v West Bromwich Albion

7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) 2	Nottingham Forest	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	West Bridgford
19:45 BST	Guedioura 59'	Report	Phillips 87'	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 27,850 (1,957 away) Referee: Darren England

Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion

11 August 2018 (2018-08-11) 3	Norwich City	3–4	West Bromwich Albion	Norwich
15:00 BST	Rhodes 24' Pukki 70' Hanley 82'	Report	Rodriguez 33' (pen.), 47' Barnes 65' Robson-Kanu 79'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 25,144 (1,483 away) Referee: Lee Mason

West Bromwich Albion v Queens Park Rangers

18 August 2018 (2018-08-18) 4	West Bromwich Albion	7–1	Queens Park Rangers	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	Phillips 29', 88' Gibbs 53' Rodriguez 56' (pen.), 82' (pen.) Gayle 67' Robson-Kanu 90+1'	Report	Lynch 34'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,753 (1,169 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion

24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) 5	Middlesbrough	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Middlesbrough
19:45 BST	Ayala 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Riverside Stadium Attendance: 22,906 (652 away) Referee: John Brooks

West Bromwich Albion v Stoke City

1 September 2018 (2018-09-01) 6	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Stoke City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gayle 16', 59'	Report	Pieters 90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,183 (2,600 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

Birmingham City v West Bromwich Albion

14 September 2018 (2018-09-14) 7	Birmingham City	1–1	West Bromwich Albion	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Jota 27' (pen.)	Report	Phillips 39'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 22,715 (2,984 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

West Bromwich Albion v Bristol City

18 September 2018 (2018-09-18) 8	West Bromwich Albion	4–2	Bristol City	West Bromwich
19:45 BST	Rodriguez 16' (pen.), 28' Gayle 24' Barnes 63'	Report	Kelly 60' Diédhiou 68'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,051 (1,824 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

West Bromwich Albion v Millwall

22 September 2018 (2018-09-22) 9	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Millwall	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gayle 68' Gibbs 76'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,563 (2,299 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Preston North End v West Bromwich Albion

29 September 2018 (2018-09-29) 10	Preston North End	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	Preston
15:00 BST	Hughes 71' Browne 90+6'	Report	Rodriguez 48' Davies 73' (o.g.) Gayle 88'	Stadium: Deepdale Attendance: 14,099 (3,192 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

Sheffield Wednesday v West Bromwich Albion

3 October 2018 (2018-10-03) 11	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Owlerton
19:45 BST	Reach 24' Forestieri 41'	Report	Pelupessy 85' (o.g.) Barnes 87'	Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium Attendance: 22,150 (814 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

West Bromwich Albion v Reading

6 October 2018 12	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Reading	West Bromwich
15:00 BST (UTC+1)	Dawson  41' Gayle 49', 65' Barry  52' Barnes 72' Bartley 80'	Report	Bacuna 6' Swift  51' Ilori  56' Moore  82'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,865 (907 away) Referee: Darren England

Wigan Athletic v West Bromwich Albion

20 October 2018 (2018-10-20) 13	Wigan Athletic	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Wigan
15:00 BST	Morsy  18' James  19' Dunkley  59' Windass 74'	Report	Dawson  24' Rodriguez  28' Livermore  34'  84' Barnes  48' Brunt  58'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 12,739 (3,750 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

West Bromwich Albion v Derby County

24 October 2018 (2018-10-24) 14	West Bromwich Albion	1–4	Derby County	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Rodriguez 83'	Report	Marriott 10' Lawrence 15' Wilson 51' Malone 71'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,848 (1,813 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Blackburn Rovers

27 October 2018 (2018-10-27) 15	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Dawson 40'	Report	Reed 71'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,820 (1,978 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Hull City v West Bromwich Albion

3 November 2018 (2018-11-03) 16	Hull City	1–0	West Bromwich Albion	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 GMT	Campbell 38' de Wijs  60'	Report		Stadium: KCOM Stadium Attendance: 11,916 (1,727 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

West Bromwich Albion v Leeds United

10 November 2018 (2018-11-10) 17	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Leeds United	West Bromwich
17:30 GMT	Robson-Kanu 51' Phillips 67' Barnes 82' Gayle 83'	Report	Hernández 90+2'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,661 (2,600 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Ipswich Town v West Bromwich Albion

23 November 2018 (2018-11-23) 18	Ipswich Town	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Jackson 85'	Report	Rodriguez 26' Barnes 77'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 22,995 (1,073 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion

28 November 2018 (2018-11-28) 19	Swansea City	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Swansea
19:45 GMT	McBurnie 10'	Report	Dawson 13' Hegazi 44'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 17,865 (685 away) Referee: James Linington

West Bromwich Albion v Brentford

3 December 2018 (2018-12-03) 20	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Brentford	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Barnes 77'	Report	Macleod 90+1'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,949 (665 away) Referee: Darren Bond

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

7 December 2018 (2018-12-07) 21	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Gayle 28' Rodriguez 90+1'	Report	El Ghazi 12', 59'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,513 (2,600 away) Referee: Darren England

Sheffield United v West Bromwich Albion

14 December 2018 (2018-12-14) 22	Sheffield United	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Sheffield
19:45 GMT	McGoldrick 12'	Report	Barry 41' Gibbs 76'	Stadium: Bramall Lane Attendance: 23,400 (1,396 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

Rotherham United v West Bromwich Albion

22 December 2018 (2018-12-22) 23	Rotherham United	0–4	West Bromwich Albion	Rotherham
15:00 GMT	Mattock  44'	Report	Gayle 6', 44', 54' Barnes 20' Barry  29' Johnstone  31'	Stadium: New York Stadium Attendance: 10,593 (2,597 away) Referee: Tony Harrington

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

26 December 2018 (2018-12-26) 24	West Bromwich Albion	2–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez 8', 69' Gibbs  57' Livermore  64'	Report	Connolly  17' Garner  28'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,555 (1,105 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield Wednesday

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 25	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Rodriguez  63' Dawson  89' Johnstone  90+3' Jones 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Nuhiu 5' Matias  71' Bannan  82'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,548 (2,600 away) Referee: Andy Davies

Blackburn Rovers v West Bromwich Albion

1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) 26	Blackburn Rovers	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Bennett  52' Mulgrew 53' Dack 58' Brereton  89' Reed  90+2'	Report	Adarabioyo  41' Rodriguez 63' (pen.) Dawson  77' Livermore  87' Barry  90+3'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 14,258 (1,744 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

West Bromwich Albion v Norwich City

12 January 2019 (2019-01-12) 27	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Norwich City	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Gayle 12' Barry  61' Rodriguez  62' Holgate  85'	Report	Tettey  56' Buendía  62' Rhodes 83' Vrančić  90+4' Krul  90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 26,544 (2,600 away) Referee: Darren England

Bolton Wanderers v West Bromwich Albion

21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) 28	Bolton Wanderers	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Bolton
20:00 GMT	Olkowski  38' Donaldson  45+1'	Report	Rodriguez 19' Holgate  45+1' Barry  73' Field 75'	Stadium: University of Bolton Stadium Attendance: 14,750 (858 away) Referee: David Webb

West Bromwich Albion v Middlesbrough

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 29	West Bromwich Albion	2–3	Middlesbrough	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Holgate  39' Rodriguez 42' Gayle 63'	Report	Saville 17'  36' Wing  46' Shotton  55' Assombalonga 75', 83' Hugill  90+6'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,863 (1,749 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Stoke City v West Bromwich Albion

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 30	Stoke City	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Stoke-on-Trent
17:30 GMT	Edwards  40'	Report	Gayle 25'  90+1' Johansen  45'	Stadium: bet365 Stadium Attendance: 26,828 (2,921 away) Referee: Jeremy Simpson

West Bromwich Albion v Nottingham Forest

12 February 2019 (2019-02-12) 31	West Bromwich Albion	2–2	Nottingham Forest	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Livermore  40' Murphy 54' Rodriguez 89' (pen.) Dawson  90+3'	Report	Johansen 6' (o.g.) Watson  16' Yates 65' Milošević  73'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 22,691 (2,205 away) Referee: Lee Mason

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

16 February 2019 32	Aston Villa	0–2	West Bromwich Albion	Aston
15:00 GMT	Mings  31' Hause  38' McGinn  51'	Report	Holgate  29' Robson-Kanu 41' Barry  43' Rodriguez 45'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 39,263 (2,167 away) Referee: James Linington

Queens Park Rangers v West Bromwich Albion

19 February 2019 (2019-02-19) 33	Queens Park Rangers	2–3	West Bromwich Albion	Shepherd's Bush
19:45 GMT	Freeman 35' Hemed 75' (pen.)	Report	Montero 5' Murphy 61' Livermore  77' 90+4'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 12,257 (1,492 away) Referee: John Brooks

West Bromwich Albion v Sheffield United

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 34	West Bromwich Albion	0–1	Sheffield United	West Bromwich
17:30 GMT	Dawson  82' Rodriguez  84'	Report	Dowell 14'  19' Stevens  80' Madine  90+5'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,928 (2,600 away) Referee: Oliver Langford

Leeds United v West Bromwich Albion

1 March 2019 (2019-03-01) 35	Leeds United	4–0	West Bromwich Albion	Leeds
19:45 GMT	Hernández 1' Bamford 28', 63' Alioski 90+2'	Report	Barry  50'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 35,888 (2,357 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

West Bromwich Albion v Ipswich Town

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 36	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Ipswich Town	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Johansen 4' Murphy  70' Field  87' Morrison  90'	Report	Knudsen  33' Edwards  47' Nolan 48'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,973 (1,246 away) Referee: Andy Woolmer

West Bromwich Albion v Swansea City

13 March 2019 (2019-03-13) 37	West Bromwich Albion	3–0	Swansea City	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Brunt 19' Holgate 54' Rodriguez 85'	Report	Celina 40'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 20,282 (1,103 away) Referee: Scott Duncan

Brentford v West Bromwich Albion

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) 38	Brentford	0–1	West Bromwich Albion	Brentford
15:00 GMT	Odubajo  58' Jeanvier  65'	Report	Gayle  33' Edwards 51'	Stadium: Griffin Park Attendance: 11,488 (1,598 away) Referee: Andrew Madley

West Bromwich Albion v Birmingham City

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 39	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Birmingham City	West Bromwich
20:00 GMT	Dawson  30' Gayle 47' Rodriguez 65' (pen.) Livermore 74' Brunt  90+8'	Report	Gardner 7' Dean  24' Pedersen  46' Jutkiewicz 59' G.Gardner  68' C.Gardner  84'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,789 (2,569 away) Referee: David Webb

Millwall v West Bromwich Albion

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 40	Millwall	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	Bermondsey
15:00 BST	Tunnicliffe 30' Meredith  51' Cooper  60' Hegazi 66' (o.g.) Leonard  90'	Report	Johansen  44' Hegazi  45+2'  80' Rodriguez 61' Adarabioyo  67'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 15,303 (2,018 away) Referee: James Linington

Bristol City v West Bromwich Albion

9 April 2019 (2019-04-09) 41	Bristol City	3–2	West Bromwich Albion	Bristol
19:45 BST	Brownhill 2' Hunt  13' 19' Weimann 16' Taylor  90+4'	Report	Gayle 47' Holgate  70' Rodriguez 74'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 20,581 (1,621 away) Referee: Simon Hooper

West Bromwich Albion v Preston North End

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 42	West Bromwich Albion	4–1	Preston North End	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gayle 27', 31', 71' Rodriguez 43' Livermore  57' Dawson  90'	Report	Fisher  74'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,088 (2,600 away) Referee: Roger East

West Bromwich Albion v Hull City

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 43	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Hull City	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Gibbs 42' Gayle 62', 85'	Report	Kane 48', 59'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,501 (734 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Reading v West Bromwich Albion

22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 44	Reading	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Reading
15:00 BST	McCleary  84' Yiadom 90+4'	Report	Harper  79'	Stadium: Madejski Stadium Attendance: 17,255 (2,084 away) Referee: Gavin Ward

West Bromwich Albion v Rotherham United

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 45	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Rotherham United	West Bromwich
15:00 BST	Rodriguez 77' (pen.) Harper 79'	Report	Mattock  37' Robertson 50' Jones  66'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 24,534 (904 away) Referee: Robert Jones

Derby County v West Bromwich Albion

5 May 2019 (2019-05-05) 46	Derby County	3–1	West Bromwich Albion	Derby
12:30 BST	Waghorn 19' Bennett 70' Wilson 73' (pen.)		Johansen 47' Robson-Kanu  90+2'	Stadium: Pride Park Attendance: 32,055 (3,128 away) Referee: Tim Robinson

Play-offs

Aston Villa v West Bromwich Albion

11 May 2019 (2019-05-11) Semi-final first leg	Aston Villa	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	Aston
12:30 BST	Hourihane 75' Abraham 79' (pen.)	Report	Gayle 16'  62'  88' Holgate  33' Hegazi  48' Gibbs  77'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 40,754 (2,000 away) Referee: Graham Scott

West Bromwich Albion v Aston Villa

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) Semi-final second leg	West Bromwich Albion	1–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (3–4 p)	Aston Villa	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Dawson 29' Johansen  58' Brunt  66'  80' Morrison  97'	Report	Mings  16' Taylor  74'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,702 (2,000 away) Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Penalties
	Holgate Hegazi Adarabioyo Gibbs Morrison		Hourihane Jedinak Grealish Adomah Abraham

FA Cup

Main article: 2018–19 FA Cup

West Bromwich Albion v Wigan Athletic

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) Third round	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Wigan Athletic	West Bromwich
12:30 GMT	Sako 31' Brunt  79' Field  90+5'	Report	Connolly  29' Byrne  58'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 15,465 (1,034 away) Referee: Keith Stroud

Brighton & Hove Albion v West Bromwich Albion

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) Fourth round	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	West Bromwich Albion	Falmer
15:00 GMT	Locadia  59'	Report		Stadium: Falmer Stadium Attendance: 27,001 (3,181 away) Referee: Lee Mason

West Bromwich Albion v Brighton & Hove Albion

6 February 2019 (2019-02-06) Fourth round replay	West Bromwich Albion	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Brighton & Hove Albion	West Bromwich
19:45 GMT	Bartley 77'	Report	Bissouma  81' Andone 82' Murray 104', 117'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 8,645 (943 away) Referee: Paul Tierney

EFL Cup

Main article: 2018–19 EFL Cup

West Bromwich Albion v Luton Town

14 August 2018 (2018-08-14) First round	West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Luton Town	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Burke 62'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,404 (1,682 away) Referee: Robert Jones

West Bromwich Albion v Mansfield Town

28 August 2018 (2018-08-28) Second round	West Bromwich Albion	2–1	Mansfield Town	West Bromwich
20:00 BST	Leko 26' Edwards 75'	Report	Bishop 69'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,574 (1,588 away) Referee: Steve Martin

West Bromwich Albion v Crystal Palace

25 September 2018 (2018-09-25) Third round	West Bromwich Albion	0–3	Crystal Palace	West Bromwich
19:45 BST		Report	Townsend 6', 81' Van Aanholt 76'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 10,818 (1,663 away) Referee: Peter Bankes

Transfers

Transfers in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
3 July 2018	GK		Sam Johnstone	Manchester United	£6,500,000	[23]
16 July 2018	CB		Kyle Bartley	Swansea City	£4,000,000	[24]
16 July 2018	GK		Jonathan Bond	Reading	Free transfer	[25]
28 July 2018	LB		Conor Townsend	Scunthorpe United	Undisclosed	[26]
28 August 2018	RB		Tyrone Mears	Minnesota United	Free transfer	[27]
14 September 2018	MF		Wes Hoolahan	Norwich City	Free transfer	[28]
2 October 2018	MF		Bakary Sako	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[29]

Transfers out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Tahvon Campbell	Forest Green Rovers	Free transfer	[30]
1 July 2018	CB		Jonny Evans	Leicester City	£3,500,000	[31]
1 July 2018	CM		Mylo Hall	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2018	RW		Kieran Holsgrove	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2018	CB		Gareth McAuley	Rangers	Released	[33][34]
1 July 2018	LB		Jack McCourt	Ross County	Released	[32][35]
1 July 2018	LB		Robert McCourt	Bohemians	Released	[33][36]
1 July 2018	LM		Taylor Morrison	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2018	CF		Evan Pierce	Free agent	Released	[33]
1 July 2018	GK		Ethan Ross	Colchester United	Free transfer	[37]
1 July 2018	RB		Aram Soleman	Free agent	Released	[32]
1 July 2018	DM		Claudio Yacob	Nottingham Forest	Released	[33][38]
5 July 2018	GK		Ben Foster	Watford	Undisclosed	[39]
22 July 2018	LW		James McClean	Stoke City	Undisclosed	[40]
30 August 2018	LW		Nacer Chadli	Monaco	Undisclosed	[41]
27 January 2019	LW		Bakary Sako	Crystal Palace	Free transfer	[42]
23 February 2019	CF		Zhang Yuning	Beijing Sinobo Guoan	Undisclosed	[43]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
24 July 2018	LM		Harvey Barnes	Leicester City	11 January 2019	[44][45]
3 August 2018	CB		Tosin Adarabioyo	Manchester City	31 May 2019	[46]
6 August 2018	CF		Dwight Gayle	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[47]
1 January 2019	CB		Mason Holgate	Everton	31 May 2019	[48]
31 January 2019	CM		Stefan Johansen	Fulham	31 May 2019	[49]
31 January 2019	LW		Jefferson Montero	Swansea	31 May 2019	[50]
31 January 2019	RW		Jacob Murphy	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[51]

Loans out

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
1 July 2018	CF		Zhang Yuning	ADO Den Haag	22 February 2019	[52][43]
26 July 2018	LB		Max Melbourne	Partick Thistle	January 2019	[53]
3 August 2018	CB		Jack Fitzwater	Walsall	3 January 2019	[54][55]
3 August 2018	RB		Kane Wilson	Walsall	3 January 2019	[56][55]
6 August 2018	CF		Salomón Rondón	Newcastle United	31 May 2019	[47]
7 August 2018	CB		Dara O'Shea	Exeter City	31 May 2019	[57][58]
9 August 2018	CB		Kyle Jameson	Barrow	January 2019	[59]
10 August 2018	GK		Ben Pierce	Redditch United	January 2019	[60]
17 August 2018	RB		Allan Nyom	Leganés	31 May 2019	[61]
12 October 2018	CM		Alex Bradley	Havant & Waterlooville	November 2018	[62]
26 October 2018	GK		Adam Przyek	Gloucester City	30 November 2018	[63]
14 November 2018	GK		Alex Palmer	Oldham Athletic	22 November 2018	[64]
5 January 2019	RW		Oliver Burke	Celtic	31 May 2019	[65]
14 January 2019	RB		Kane Wilson	Exeter City	31 May 2019	[66]
22 January 2019	DM		Sam Wilding	Leamington	February 2019	[67]
26 January 2019	RB		Dan Meredith	Maidstone United	February 2019	[68]
31 January 2019	CM		Alex Bradley	Burton Albion	31 May 2019	[69]
31 January 2019	CB		Jack Fitzwater	Walsall	31 May 2019	[70]
31 January 2019	CB		Kyle Howkins	Port Vale	31 May 2019	[70]
12 April 2019	GK		Alex Palmer	Notts County	19 April 2019	[71]

Squad statistics

As of 16 May 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Championship		play-offs		FA Cup		League Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	ENG	Sam Johnstone	48	0	46	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	ENG	Kieran Gibbs	38	4	36	4	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	FW	WAL	Hal Robson-Kanu	40	4	35	4	0	0	3	0	2	0
5	DF	ENG	Kyle Bartley	34	2	28	1	2	0	3	1	1	0
6	MF	NOR	Stefan Johansen	14	2	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	SCO	James Morrison	24	0	19	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
8	MF	ENG	Jake Livermore	39	2	38	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
10	MF	SCO	Matt Phillips	33	5	30	5	2	0	0	0	1	0
11	MF	NIR	Chris Brunt	35	1	31	1	2	0	1	0	1	0
12	DF	ENG	Tyrone Mears	14	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	2	0
13	GK	WAL	Boaz Myhill	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	DF	ENG	Conor Townsend	18	0	12	0	0	0	3	0	3	0
15	MF	ECU	Jefferson Montero	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	FW	ENG	Dwight Gayle	42	24	40	23	1	1	0	0	1	0
18	MF	ENG	Gareth Barry	27	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
19	FW	ENG	Jay Rodriguez	47	22	44	22	2	0	1	0	0	0
20	MF	ENG	Jonathan Leko	7	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	1
21	FW	ENG	Kyle Edwards	11	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	3	1
22	MF	IRL	Wes Hoolahan	10	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
23	GK	ENG	Jonathan Bond	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
24	DF	ENG	Tosin Adarabioyo	36	0	29	0	1	0	3	0	3	0
25	DF	ENG	Craig Dawson	45	3	41	2	2	1	1	0	1	0
26	DF	EGY	Ahmed Hegazi	43	1	38	1	2	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF	ENG	Sam Field	18	1	12	1	0	0	3	0	3	0
31	MF	ENG	Rayhaan Tulloch	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
34	MF	ENG	Rekeem Harper	23	1	16	1	1	0	3	0	3	0
40	DF	ENG	Kyle Howkins	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
51	MF	ENG	Morgan Rogers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
68	DF	ENG	Mason Holgate	23	1	19	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
70	MF	ENG	Jacob Murphy	15	2	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Player(s) out on loan
2	DF	CMR	Allan Nyom	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left the club during the season
6	MF	MLI	Bakary Sako	6	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF	ENG	Harvey Barnes	27	9	25	9	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	MF	SCO	Oliver Burke	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1

Goals record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	16		CF	Dwight Gayle	23	0	0	23
2	19		CF	Jay Rodriguez	22	0	0	22
3	15		AM	Harvey Barnes	9	0	0	9
4	10		RM	Matt Phillips	5	0	0	5
5	3		LB	Kieran Gibbs	4	0	0	4
	4		CF	Hal Robson-Kanu	4	0	0	4
7	5		CB	Kyle Bartley	1	1	0	2
	6		CM	Stefan Johansen	2	0	0	2
	11		CM	Chris Brunt	2	0	0	2
	21		CF	Kyle Edwards	1	0	1	2
	25		CB	Craig Dawson	2	0	0	2
	70		LM	Jacob Murphy	2	0	0	2
	8		CM	Jake Livermore	2	0	0	2
14	6		CF	Bakary Sako	0	1	0	1
	17		RM	Oliver Burke	0	0	1	1
	15		RM	Jefferson Montero	1	0	0	1
	18		CM	Gareth Barry	1	0	0	1
	20		CM	Jonathan Leko	0	0	1	1
	26		CB	Ahmed Hegazi	1	0	0	1
	28		CM	Sam Field	1	0	0	1
	34		CM	Rakeem Harper	1	0	0	1
	68		CB	Mason Holgate	1	0	0	1
Own Goals					2	0	0	2
Total					87	2	3	92

Disciplinary record

As of 5 May 2019

Rank	No.	Nat.	Po.	Name	Championship			FA Cup			League Cup			Total
1	8		CM	Jake Livermore	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	1	1
2	25		CB	Craig Dawson	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0
3	18		CM	Gareth Barry	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0
4	1		GK	Sam Johnstone	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	5		CB	Kyle Bartley	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
	19		CF	Jay Rodriguez	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1
7	68		RB	Mason Holgate	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
8	11		CM	Chris Brunt	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	26		CB	Ahmed Hegazi	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
10	3		LB	Kieran Gibbs	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	4		CF	Hal Robson-Kanu	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1
	6		CM	Stefan Johansen	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
	16		CF	Dwight Gayle	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0
	24		RB	Tosin Adarabioyo	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
15	10		RM	Matt Phillips	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
	28		CM	Sam Field	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
17	7		AM	James Morrison	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	11		CM	Chris Brunt	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	12		RB	Tyrone Mears	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	14		LB	Conor Townsend	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	15		AM	Harvey Barnes	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	21		CF	Kyle Edwards	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0
	34		CM	Rekeem Harper	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	70		LM	Jacob Murphy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total					75	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	0	79	2	3